the next democratic president and congress should revive the idea of world's fairs. the idea behind this would be great if it hadn't been planned and executed by a group of incompetent groyper shitbags

It’s funny how all the criticisms of Democratic socialism end up sounding like endorsements

Missing my father yesterday, while also filled with joy from the love of my two miracles.

Why did Boston get the Scots, and not Seattle?

A belated congratulations to the Stanley Cup champions, my beloved Hartford Whalers. #whalers #stanleycup

GW never said this and neither did anybody else. The only official symbolism in the Flag Resolution is the stars are "representing a new constellation." The rest is just an iteration on the Red Ensign, and likely the East India Company's white stripes on it. The colors have no particular meaning.

Joe Rogan is what'd happen if Sylvester Stallone and Elmer Fudd got into a transporter accident.

Pablo Escobar explaining his business model to his 6th grade teacher

This bird is perfection.

It has to start somewhere It has to start sometime What better place than here? What better time than now?

It's crazy how we have both the World Cup and America 250 this year, and almost no one cares about them because this regime has wholly sucked the joy out of even momentous national events.

In 1952, Richard Nixon's career was nearly derailed by revelations that he had access to a slush fund of $18,000 -- less than a quarter million today." People used to give a shit about that kind of thing, you see.

In case you haven’t heard, certain MAGA types are outraged that Helen of Troy is played by a black actress in the Odyssey blockbuster, when obviously a human child hatched from an egg fathered by a goose who was secretly the god of thunder could not be black, that would be ridiculous

My latest @nytimes.com oped shows that the White House is dramatically understating the cost of the war in Iran. By my calculations—and I show my work—this war will cost the typical American family thousands, and it could cost them tens of thousands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

Panic Attack Salad

Abundantly clear today just how many people have never worked in a restaurant. #eightysix #86isnotadeaththreat #8647

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

When you tweet and don't research first.

No law enforcement officer operating in Connecticut—federal, state, or local—can wear a mask on duty. ICE and CBP agents have to show their faces and badges. And when an officer assaults someone recording them, commits false imprisonment, false arrest, or malicious prosecution, they lose immunity.

Great to see them putting women right at the front of sport …

LAURENCE OLIVIER underwent treatment for cancer during filming, which affected his memory so badly he could barely remember more than one or two lines at a time. Even so, his superb performance earned him an Oscar nomination & won him a Golden Globe. MARATHON MAN (1976)

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case. (Published Feb. with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

A traitor to both his party and his country.

We should be learning from other countries...

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

I keep seeing "Ketamine Queen" in headlines. I'm not the only one reading that in Billy Ocean's voice, am I?

Finally watched “The Bone Temple”—how stunning it was. Terrifying, yes, in all the ways a “zombie film” should be, but so beautiful. Give me all the tropes in due measure and well executed, and then give me all the long shots of wildflowers, and cloud shadows on grassy fields, and insects buzzing.

In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

Unhinged

Perhaps the good Congressman should be the first to get a new job. After the midterms, perhaps?

Mark Ruffalo as Columbo

On this Good Friday, we remember Spock died for the needs of the many.

Those are the words of a "potential" war criminal (pushed and encouraged by his "potentially" war criminal president)

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN — 83 Candles 🎂 today — (Macbeth) & CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (Banquo) in the stage production of “Macbeth” at the Lincoln Center - New York in 1974.

UCLA fired me for much, much less. See now, THIS is “celebrating” someone’s death—the factual critiques I posted about open bigot Charlie Kirk were not.

Our president is a sad, pathetic loser…and don’t forget, he’s also a rapist and a pedophile…

James Fallows: “This is the most despicable public statement by an American public official in my lifetime. It needs to be recognized as such.”

That’s a good start.

I had never seen this but searched for it after seeing this thread. I am guessing this is the one, and it did not disappoint. youtu.be/uGzJ8msv6xY?...

Please realize that our biomedical research - like almost every other part of US science - is being demolished. And once you destroy it, you can't snap your fingers and get it back. It's gone. Biomedical research was THE breakthrough area in US science. There were miracles in the pipeline. No more.

Beware the Ides of March.

Sickening racism from a sitting senator. The Ogles hate is contagious. You’re either calling this out or normalizing it. There’s no third option.

Let’s get one thing straight: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

The response is….comprehensive.

It’s too easy to go to war